This Systematic Review was undertaken by the Centre for Allied Health Evidence, School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, for Queensland Health. It aimed to systematically identify and review literature on utilisation of community based rehabilitation support workers, including allied health and nursing in government and non-government, rural and remote and indigenous settings. The goal was to provide Queensland Health with relevant, up-to-date information which will guide and assist in the development and implementation of new and innovative models of utilising the community rehabilitation support workforce, including training initiatives in Queensland.
It was identified that effective and innovative use of the assistant workforce was one way in which healthcare can be provided to ensure the needs of the current and future Queensland community are met. As a result the project trialled and evaluated an advanced rehabilitation assistant role that was community based and inter-disciplinary in nature. In developing the role for the assistant, the pilot sites were aiming to ensure that the "right people with the right skills were doing the right tasks".
A toolkit has been developed that is designed to assist the development and implementation of an Advanced Community Rehabilitation Assistant position, and to manage the change that occurs when such a position is being created.
The Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (CSHISC) was commissioned by the Community Rehabilitation Workforce Project to investigate training opportunities that may exist to support health workers to up-skill in community rehabilitation and upgrade as appropriate including the identification, amendment and development of new units of competency reflecting Community Rehabilitation work roles. In particular their aim was to:
Community Services and Health Industry Skills Council (CSHISC) Project Scoping Report
As a result of analysis completed by Queensland Health, a gap in the current HLT07 package identified the potential for development of new units of competencies for allied health assistant workers in community environments and in particular community rehabilitation.
CR Competency Units developed by the CSHISC
For further information on these CR Competency Units please visit www.cshisc.com.au or the Industry Skills Website
The Community Rehabilitation Workforce Project (CRWP) in partnership with the University of Queensland developed a Clinical Supervision training module, Introduction to Clinical Education Principles and Practice, that was particularly relevant to the needs of Health Professionals Supervising assistants in community rehabilitation. This module was included in the Clinical Development Education Service (CDES) clinical education training package.
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